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I know for certain that Montegrappa makes inks, but I've only seen ONE bottle in my entire life, and that is the blue that's sitting in my father's study (and won't let me use). I was wondering about the colour comparisons. Does anyone have a scan or a sample in comparisons to other standards like Noodler's? I've heard rave reviews from pen aficionados with a clearly disposable income and inky fingers, but a picture's worth a thousand words...

Tes rires retroussés comme à son bord la rose,


Effacent mon dépit de ta métamorphose;


Tu t'éveilles, alors le rêve est oublié.



-Jean Cocteau, from Plaint-Chant, 1923

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Not sure if you have looked but there are a few Montegrappa reviews that compare to other colours.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/52873-montegrappa-blue/

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/201495-montegrappa-bordeaux/

 

Sadly as I don't have any Montegrappa inks I can't help more. But I would say pop over to the goulet website, there you can compare the colours of inks in the swab shop!

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Thanks! Goulet does indeed have swatches. I wonder why this set of inks are so uncommonly used. Maybe the price? (but then Iroshizuku would be even rarer, no?)

Tes rires retroussés comme à son bord la rose,


Effacent mon dépit de ta métamorphose;


Tu t'éveilles, alors le rêve est oublié.



-Jean Cocteau, from Plaint-Chant, 1923

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I have 2 bottles of Montegrappa Black ink. it's not a strong black. So I prefer MB mystery black :)

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I've heard mixed things about them, which is probably why I've not picked any up. The Black looks grey to me, the Turquoise has to compete with Lamy which is a third the price, I rarely use a dark red to write. And the blue has to fight with a lot of other blues which are similar. I think the fact they only have 4 colours hinders their success. If they were brave and brought out something different that no one else has they would do much better, though I guess that could be said for anyone. Over here (UK) it's priced the same as Montblanc, Pelikan Edelstein, Caran d'Ache and a few others which sell very well so I don't think price is a factor here.

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I have just bought an inkwell of Turquoise; at least so it is called at La Couronne du Comte, where it costs 12,95 Euros. On the bottle there is no indication of colour name. There is no outer cardboard box nor anything but a plastic coat wrapping the bottle.

This is my only Montegrappa ink, and I honestly think it will be also the last one: the ink has barely any green, and above all the blue is too light for my taste, much lighter and low-saturated than my beloved Waterman Mers du Sud.

On the other hand, the bottle itself is simply gorgeous, both in form and in quality in every detail. Made in Italy.

Attached you will find a humble sample (sorry for these poorest pictures, made with a cheap kid camera!)

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I have just bought an inkwell of Turquoise; at least so it is called at La Couronne du Comte, where it costs 12,95 Euros. On the bottle there is no indication of colour name. There is no outer cardboard box nor anything but a plastic coat wrapping the bottle.

This is my only Montegrappa ink, and I honestly think it will be also the last one: the ink has barely any green, and above all the blue is too light for my taste, much lighter and low-saturated than my beloved Waterman Mers du Sud.

On the other hand, the bottle itself is simply gorgeous, both in form and in quality in every detail. Made in Italy.

Attached you will find a humble sample (sorry for these poorest pictures, made with a cheap kid camera!)

 

I must be a tech imbecile... I can't find the attachment! Maybe I'll just get an empty bottle and refill it with other inks. I did hear RAVE reviews about Montegrappa blue, which was why I bought it for my father in the first place. He seems to like it.

 

But I'm looking for a new ink with a little more oomph... the ink search continues.

Tes rires retroussés comme à son bord la rose,


Effacent mon dépit de ta métamorphose;


Tu t'éveilles, alors le rêve est oublié.



-Jean Cocteau, from Plaint-Chant, 1923

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I am very sorry: when I try to upload my pictures, the FPN page warns me that "I have exceeded the disk space for pictures"... what this may mean, I simply cannot imagine, but the fact is that none of my four pictures, especially made for this post, is allowed to be attached.

 

Also please note that I was wrong!: the inkwell does come inside a cardboad box, which i also include in those pictures.

 

Hope this helps!

plumista

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Thank you so much, Plumista! Adore the last pen (w/o cap) - beautiful. Also love the multi-coloured pencils. Those are fun to play with.

 

The turquoise does look sky blue to me; a bit too light to be called turquoise, in my opinion. The bottle is beautiful though, so it may be worth the investment to buy a bottle, use the ink up (or transfer it to some empty bottle), then use the Montegrappa bottle as an inkwell.

 

Also, 42 ml? That's very arbitrary...

Tes rires retroussés comme à son bord la rose,


Effacent mon dépit de ta métamorphose;


Tu t'éveilles, alors le rêve est oublié.



-Jean Cocteau, from Plaint-Chant, 1923

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I know for certain that Montegrappa makes inks, but I've only seen ONE bottle in my entire life, and that is the blue that's sitting in my father's study (and won't let me use). I was wondering about the colour comparisons. Does anyone have a scan or a sample in comparisons to other standards like Noodler's? I've heard rave reviews from pen aficionados with a clearly disposable income and inky fingers, but a picture's worth a thousand words...

Mean daddy!

 

I have a bottle that I bought from Paradise Pens (before they went out of biz). I like the ink, but it didn't strike me as earth shattering. That being said, Aurora Blue (which isn't necessarily an earth shattering color) is an ink that I can't keep in my cabinet because every bottle I've purchased has been gifted to another - it's just a wonderful flowing blue ink.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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